There's been a lot of legal drama in U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis' federal courtroom in Alexandria, Virginia, this week as Rick Gates testifies against Paul Manafort, his former business partner and former campaign manager for President Trump. But there's also been the human drama of Gates flipping on and incriminating his mentor and friend. This could be the stuff of Oscar-worthy Hollywood cinema or Greek tragedy, but The Late Show turned it into a parody of the Friends theme song.

The Manafort trial is not being televised, but Stephen Colbert's crew has actually been pretty creative with the Manafort set pieces. You can watch some other highlights below. Peter Weber

This year of #MeToo reckoning has been objectively positive, Colbert said. "Because — and it's strange to have to say this — powerful men taking sexual advantage of relatively powerless employees are wrong. We know it's wrong now, and we knew it was wrong then," and we know this "because we know these men tried to keep the stories from coming out back then." What's going to happen with Moonves? Nobody knows, he said. "In a situation like this, I'd normally call Les."

"For so long, for women in the workplace, there was no change, no justice for the abused," Colbert said. "So we shouldn't be surprised that when the change comes, it comes radically," with powerful men banished from public life. He said he doesn't know what will happen at CBS, "but I do believe in accountability. And not just for politicians you disagree with. Everybody believes in accountability until it's their guy — and make no mistake, Les Moonves is my guy. He hired me to sit in this chair, he stood behind this show while we were struggling to find our voice, he gave us the time and the resources to succeed, and he has stood by us when people were mad at me. And I like working for him. But accountability is meaningless unless it's for everybody, whether it's the leader of a network or the leader of the free world." Watch below. Peter Weber

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, facing a grilling from lawmakers prying into President Trump's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week. One of his fiercest questioners was Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the committee's ranking member, who pressed Pompeo about the details of Trump's closed-door discussion with Putin — a meeting at which only translators were present, aside from the two leaders.

Menendez began by asking Pompeo whether Trump told him directly what he discussed with the Putin. Pompeo began his response by defending the merits of one-on-one meetings, prompting Mendendez to remind Pompeo that he'd asked "a simple question." Pompeo eventually said that yes, he'd had "a number of conversations" with Trump about the meeting with Putin.

Menendez's grilling of Pompeo continued, as he next wanted to know whether Trump had suggested to Putin that the U.S. might relax sanctions on Russia. Pompeo replied that "the U.S. policy ... remains completely unchanged." Menendez pointed out that he was not asking about stated U.S. policy, but rather about Trump's specific remarks to Putin. "You asked me about U.S. policy with respect to sanctions," Pompeo replied. "I can confirm to you that no commitment has been made to change those policies in any way."

The exchange reached its tense peak when Menendez asked Pompeo whether Trump confronted Putin about Russia's annexation of Crimea — an inquiry Pompeo once again responded to with an explanation of U.S. policy. "Senator, I understand the game that you're playing, I get it," Pompeo said, before Menendez heatedly shot back: "With all due respect, I don't appreciate you characterizing my questions. My questions [are] to get to the truth. We don't know what the truth is." Watch the fiery moment below. Kimberly Alters

Pompeo: “The President was very clear with Vladimir Putin about US positions…and he spoke about them very firmly and clearly” https://t.co/K4iDMlTj9G

Things began innocently enough, with Sarkar telling the hosts, "I'll be marching in Westminster tomorrow, alongside thousands of other people who found [Trump's] policy of forced separation unconscionable." Morgan then interrupted to ask, "Did you find [Barack] Obama deporting 3 million people to be unconscionable?"

Without hesitation, Sarkar replied, "Yes!" Morgan then asked when she ever protested against Obama, with co-host Susanna Reid cutting in to say, "You don't have to go out and march against everything in order to make a point about one thing."

Morgan wasn't finished yet, though, and when Sarkar suggested he check out some of her activist work, he answered: "Go check out some basic facts about your hero Obama."

A White House aide was decidedly not using her inside voice on Monday as she tried to herd perfectly well-behaved reporters out of a press spray with President Trump and Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte. "Come on everybody, let's go, make your way out!" she can be heard yelling offscreen as Trump fields a few last questions from the media:

After Trump lays into the WTO (#FARTAct), a White House aide starts *SCREAMING!* at reporters to leave the room, prompting the Prime Minster of the Netherlands to quip -- "is it always like this?" pic.twitter.com/Rc0t4KaYoK

"My wife, my daughter, and my son have my first loyalty and always will," Cohen said. “I put family and country first."

Cohen's words echo those of George Papadopoulos' wife last year. Papadopoulos, a former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser, was the first witness to make a deal to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, with his wife telling ABC News: "George is very loyal to his country. He is already on the right side of history."

Trump has repeatedly claimed that Cohen will not flip. "Sorry, I don't see Michael doing that despite the horrible Witch Hunt and the dishonest media!" he tweeted in April. Listen to George Stephanopoulos discuss his meeting with Cohen below. Jeva Lange

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) went on a tirade Thursday during a hearing with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray, demanding that "whatever" has been uncovered in the probe into links between the Trump campaign and Russia, "finish it the hell up, because this country is being torn apart."

Gowdy is hardly the only Republican to have expressed frustration with how long Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is taking — his probe is now in its second year — but the South Carolina lawmaker is perhaps the least justified in complaining about it. As many have pointed out, Gowdy chaired the House Select Committee on Benghazi, an investigation that lasted more than two and a half years and resulted in no criminal indictments.

By comparison, Mueller in 13 months has "issued more than 100criminal counts against 20 people and three companies," The New York Times reports. "Of the 20 people, five — including three Trump associates — have pleaded guilty. Fourteen are Russians accused of meddling in the 2016 presidential election." Watch the pot call the kettle black below. Jeva Lange

.@TGowdySC: "Whatever you got, finish it the hell up, because this country is being torn apart."

It was a comeback for the ages: The Oregon State Beavers, down to their final strike in the College World Series and trailing the Arkansas Razorbacks 3-2 in the top of the ninth, tied the game up after Cadyn Grenier's pop-up single scored their pinch runner. Then Trevor Larnach came up to bat, hitting a two-run home run over the fences at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.

"I just said, 'Get going, get going,' and it went," Larnach told ESPN. "And from there, I don't really remember."

After being down to their final strike, the Oregon State Beavers will play for the CWS title on Thursday. pic.twitter.com/HPyTvK8enD

The win means that Oregon State has forced a decisive Game 3 in the best-of-three series, after going into Wednesday's game trailing Arkansas, which has never won a national title in baseball, 1-0. Game 3's first pitch is Thursday at 6:30 p.m. ET and can be watched on ESPN2. Jeva Lange